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Title
Olympic volleyball star collapses and dies
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator
Ruebsamen, James
Date Created and/or Issued
1986
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Flo Hyman, a member of the silver medal-winning American volleyball team in the 1984 Oympics, collapsed during a volleyball game in Japan and died of heart failure after being rushed to a hospital. In this photo, Hyman is shown in a game prior to the Olympics. Photo dated: January 24, 1986.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00052614
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box Volleyball-Women.
CARL0000059165
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/21081
Subject
Hyman, Flo
Volleyball
Women volleyball players
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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